An experienced and highly qualified faculty gives Law School Students unparalleled advantages for study, research and career preparation. Endowment chairs and professorships allow NLS to recruit and retain some of the nations most prominent legal scholars. Law School professors are innovative and inspiring. Our faculty members have provided expert opinion and analysis to policymakers at the state and the centre, coordinated skills training programs for lawyers and law teachers throughout India, teaching at Judicial Academies and training law enforcement officers.

What distinguishes NLS faculty is their complete devotion to both teaching and scholarship. This might seem a contradiction at first, but as you will see when you arrive, at the law school teaching and scholarship complement each other. Professors at the NLS are both renowned scholars and dedicated teachers. NLS professors blaze trails in legal thought, and their revolutionary ideas infuse classroom discussion with immediacy and excitement. Our professors write the books, draft the statutes, and decide the cases that students read at law schools across India.

Our core faculty group is augmented each year by at least research and writing fellows and many guest lecturers, visiting faculty, and adjunct faculty-all distinguished experts in their fields. During the 2002-2003 academic year, our faculty will teach more than 72 courses and seminars at the Law School. Not to mention the highly specialized one- credit courses taken by guest faculty from all around the world.

The NLS faculty has a diverse mix of interests ranging from Centre State relations to sexual harassment in the work place, from reproductive rights to Roman law, from the WTO agriculture policy to media law.

Professor Alur is the Visiting Professor and Co-ordinator for Distance Education Programme of Master of Business Laws (M.B.L.) He did his BA, LLB and LLM from Poona University. He practised for 2 years from 1961-63 at Bijapur, Belgaum He then joined University College of Law, Dharwar as a lecturer in 1963. He was P.G. Lecturer from 1967-71, P.G. Rader from 1971-75 and Professor from 1987 to 1996 in Karnataka University, Dharwar. He was Dean Faculty of Law from 1990-92 and 1994-96. From 1990 till 1996 he also held the position Chairman, Board of Studies in P.G. and U.G. He was sent on deputation as Principal, K.L.E. Society Law College, Belgaum from 1975-77. After his retirement in 1996, he worked as Principal, Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies, Bangalore to 2000 and as Director of B.I.L.S. from February 2000 to September 2001.

Professor Rai did his LL.B. from Gorakhpur University in 1988 and his LL.M. from University of Delhi in 1991. He began teaching in 1993 as a Lecturer in Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. From 1993 till 1997 he taught at St. Andrew's College, Gorakhpur. He joined National Law School of India University in 1997. He is an Assistant Professor and teaches Statutory Interpretation, Banking Law, Insurance Law and Special Contracts.

Professor Ashfaq Hussain is appointed as Visiting Assistant Professor. He completed his LLB (1988) & LLM (1990) from Delhi University. He was lecturer at the campus Law Centre, Delhi University from 1991 to 1993. He was also visiting faculty at the Jamia Millia University Law School and Law Centre, Delhi University in 1994. He was awarded the Harvard law School (USA) Fellowship for graduate Legal Studies in 1994. He also taught at the Faculty of Law, University of Adelaide, Australia from 1995 to 1996, where he will be submitting his Doctoral Thesis on International Law. His areas of interest include, Public International Law, International Law of Human Rights, Humanitarian Laws, Jurisprudence and Family Law.

Prof Babu Mathew is a Professor of Law and the Faculty Coordinator, Law & Society Clusters at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. After his B.Sc he has an LL.M. and an M.Phil. His areas of specialization are Labour Law, Law & Development and Child Rights Law. Prof Babu Mathew has been teaching Law for the last 25 years, first at the University Law College, Bangalore then at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and presently at the National Law School of India University. He has previously worked in the Trade Union Movement especially in the Engineering Industry, at local, national and international levels. He has held the post of Vice-President, Trade Union International affiliated to World Federation of Trade Unions. He was Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library between 1994 and 1997. He currently holds the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Chair on Juvenile Justice.

Dr V.S. Elizabeth did her M.A. in History in 1984 from Bangalore University, followed by her Ph.D in 1994 from the Mangalore University. She completed her LL.B. in 1997 from Bangalore University. She was Lecturer, at the Indiranagar Junior College from 1984 to 1986 and at Maharani Lakshmi Ammani College of Women, 1986-97. Dr Elizabeth was the U.G.C., Junior Research Fellow, at the Department of History, Mangalore University from 1987 till 1991. She was Research Associate at National Law School of India University from 1991-1995. She was Assistant Professor, NLSIU, from 1995 to 2000 and since 2000 is an Associate Professor. She specializes in History and Women and the Law.

Professor Govindraj Hegde is appointed as Assistant Professor. Previously he was serving as Assistant Professor (Research) at the Indian Society of Internation Law, New Delhi. He did his LLM from Mysore University with International Law as area of specialization. After completing his M. Phil from Jawaharlal Nehru University, he is presently writing an PhD Thesis in "International Commercial Arbitration Law" at the International Legal studies Division at JNU, New Delhi. Prior to this, he has practiced Law at the District Court (1988-93). He was taught Law at MPE Society Law College, Honnavar, North Kanara (1992-93). He was visiting faculty at the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR), New Delhi and has delivered guest lectures at the Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi.

Dr. S. Japhet is an associate Profesor in Sociology. He did his B.A., (1977) M.A. (1981), M.Phil (1987) in Sociology from Bangalore University. He obtained his Ph. D from Bangalore University in 1997 and in 1999 completed his LL.B. from the above University. He offers two basic courses for B.A. LL.B., (Hons.) Sociology as a Discipline and the Sociology of Law. He also offers seminar courses on Affirmative Action and Social Justice, Law and Social Change, Caste Violence and Law and for the LL.M students he teaches research methodology. His area of interest and research is related to the subaltern movements, specially of the Dalits, Backward castes and Minorities, in India. He has visited U.S.A. UK and other European Countries and presented research papers. Recently he presented a paper in the 16th European Modern Asian Studies Conference in Edinburgh, 2000. The Government of Karnataka has nominated him as member of the Bangalore University Academic Council. He is also an academic council member of the NLSIU. Presently he is in the process of finalizing a proposal to set up a centre which intends developing perspectives and approaches of the subalterns to integrating them in socio-legal chief co-ordinator of the Academic Support Programme at the NLSIU.

Dr. Jayagovind did his B.Sc from the University of Mysore followed by his LL.B: Karnataka University. He did his M.L. from the University of Madras. He obtained his Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Dr Jayagovind received the UNESCO Fellowship in the year 1971-72 while doing Ph.D. He was with Indian Law Institute from 1974-76 and then Indian Society of International Law till 78. He then was at the School of International Law Studies till 1980. In 1980 he went to the University of Sokoto, Nigeria where he remained till he joined National Law School of India in 1988. He is one of our founding faculty members. he specializes in International Trade Law and is holding the Ministry of Commerce Chair on W.T.O.

Professor V Kesava Rao joined NLSIU as Additional Professor. He obtained his ML degree from Andhra University. He has 21 years of experience in teaching law, which includes 15 years of teaching Post-graduate & guiding ML scholars in Commercial Law & Labour Law. He is also presently working on a Ph D thesis, "Legal Validity of Claims of Commercial Advertisements" at Andhra University. He has a number of published research papers to his credit in the Supreme Court Journal and Cochin University Law Review. He has edited and complied Books & Monographs. His areas of specialization are contracts and Mercantile Law, Industrial Law, Law of Evidence and Law of Succession.

Professor Mallar is currently Registrar and Professor of Law at the NLSIU. He did his B.A., 1963, M.A. 1965; B.L., 1967 from the Madras University he completed his LL.M. from Bombay University in 1970. He holds a Diploma in Labour and Administration Law from Madras University. He was practicing as an Advocate in High Court of Madras till in 1981 he took over as Principal, G.R. Kare College of Law, Goa. He was Dean, Faculty of Law, Goa University, 1986-88. He joined NLS in 1988 and was one of the founding faculty. He has been a Visiting Scholar to the Warwick University, U.K., in October-November-1995. He was the Director, Justice K.S. Hegde Law College, Mangalore, 1998-2000. He teaches Constitutional and Administrative Law.

Dr. G. Mohan Gopal assumed office as the new Director of the National Law School on October 9, 2000. Immediately prior to his joining NLSIU, Dr. Gopal was Chief Counsel, East Asia and Pacific, in the Legal Department of the World Bank in Washington, DC., In that capacity, Dr. Gopal was the senior Indian lawyer in an international financial organization. Dr. Gopal joined the Legal Department of the World Bank in 1986 and held a number of positions there, include Counsel, Senior Counsel, Principal Counsel and Legal Advisor, Operations Policy. Dr. Gopal has been an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Centre since 1991. Dr. Gopal also taught law at the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore from 1980-83. Dr. Gopal served as Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel of the Asian Development Bank in Manila, from 1983-86. An author of several papers on law and development, Dr. Gopal holds a doctorate in law (SJD) from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massuchesetts, where he also took an LL.M. degree. Dr. Gopal has an LL.B. degree from Delhi University and a BSc Degree from Kerala University.

Dr. V. Nagraj is Additional Professor at the NLSU. He did his B.A. from Bangalore University in 1980 followed by his M.A.(Political Science), from Karnataka University in 1984. He completed his LL.B. from Gulbarga University in 1987 and his LL.M. (Labour Law) from Bangalore University 1989. He held the 1st rank in M.Phil. from NLSIU in 1993. He obtained his Ph.D. from Mysore University in 2000. He has been a research scholar to Vanderbuilt University, U.S.A. (1984 Aug - Nov 1994) and to Warwick University in 1997. He teaches Alternate Dispute Resolution and Labour Law.

He did his B.Com. in 1991 and his LL.B. (Special) in 1994 and his LL.M. in 1996 from the Karnataka University. He was a Practicing Advocate till 1997. He was Lecturer at the GK Law College, Hubli from 1996 to 1971. He was visiting faculty to KLE Societies Management School-Hubli. He joined as Lecturer NLSIU 1997. He his currently Assistant Professor at the NLSIU. His areas of specialization are Business Law; Law of Torts; Environmental Law and Agricultural Laws.

Master of Laws (Business Laws) from Kerala University. Formerly Professor of Law, Government Law College, Kochi, Visiting Professor, NLSIU. Subjects Taught - Corporate Laws, Family Laws, Jurisprudence.

Has been appointed as Visiting Associate Professor. He obtained his LLB degree from Banaras Hindu University in 1964 and ML Degree from Kerala University in 1966. He later completed his Ph. D in 1977 from Cochin University. He has taught in Government Law College, Emakulam, Kerala University and Mahatma Gandhi University. He has been Professor and Editor of 'Academy Law Review' from 1978-1991. Prior to joining NLSIU, he was Reader in the School of Legal Though. His publication include 'Power of Taxation under the Constitution' and various articles and notes in Academy Law Review, which was included in the World list of Social Science Periodicals brought out by UNESCO in 1986.

Professor Ramesh did his B.Sc. (1974); LLB (1977) LLM (1979) from the Mysore University. He taught International Law at the Vidyavardhaka College from 1979 to 1985. From 1988 to 1992 he taught at the University Law College, Dharwad. 1992 onwards, he has been a faculty member of NLSIU. He is currently Additional professor at the NLSIU. His areas of interest are Environmental Law, International Law, Family Law and Jurisprudence.

Dr. T. Ramakrishna has completed his LLM from Mysore University with specilization in Jurisprudence and International law. He has done an M.A. in International Relations and Public Administration from Karnatak University, Dharward. Dr. Ramkrishna was awarded Ph. D for the thesis, 'Legal Protection of Trade Mark Rights' His teaching experience began from 1979 at Vidyavardhaka Law College, Mysore. He was serving as Principal of the same College, before joining NLSIU. He is currently Additional Professor at NLSIU. He has participated and presented papers at various National & International Conferences. His areas of interest are Criminal Law, Law of Evidence, International Law and Intellectual Property Rights Law. He is the Coordinator for CIPRA.

Appointed as visiting Lecturer, She did her LLM in Public Law and Policy Choice from NLSIU, in 2000 and LLB from Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Law College, Mangalore in 1996. Previously she was working as Researcher and Teaching Assistant in the Law and Society Cluster of NLSIU. She has assisted the CCL in compiling reading material and the National Consultation on Juvenile Justice 1999. She also presented a paper on Sexual Abuse of Children at a Workshop organized by the Department of Women & Child Development, Government of Karnataka. Her areas of interests include Property Law, Trusts and Equity, Unorganised Sector and Ground Water Resource.

Ms Thomas did her B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) (1995) and LL.M. in (Business Laws) (1999) from the National Law School of India University. She is currently Lecturer in Law. Her areas of interest include Corporate Law, Family Law and Human Rights.

Mr Shankar Reddy did his B.A. in 1949 from the Madras University and his B.L. in 1951 from Mysore University. He practiced as an Advocate till 1961. He was Munsiff Civil Judge, District Judge and Director of Prosecutions, in Govt. of Karnataka, from 1961-1987. In 1987-88 he was Special Officer, Karnataka Legal Aid Board. He teaches the Civil Procedure Code.

Dr Kakarala did his M.A. in Political Philosophy in 1987 from Madras University and his Ph.D. in Political Sciences from South Gujarat University in 1993. He did LL.M. in Human Rights Law, from University of Nottingham, 1996. He held the British Chevening Scholarship in Human Rights in 1995-96. He is currently holding the Commonwealth Fellowship. His interests are Political Science and Human Rights Law.

Mr. T.S. Somashekar appointed as Lecturer in Economics. Previously, he was teaching at St. Josephs College, Bangalore since 1998. He did his MA in Economics from Bangalore University in 1995 with a distinction in Quantative Techniques which was his specialization. His area of teaching include, Micro Economics, Macro Economics, International Economics, Quantative Techniques, Developmental Economics, Indian Economy and law and Economics.

Dr. U.R. Rai did his M.A. from Agra followed by his LL.M. from Allahabad University. He completed his Ph.D. from the London University. He was formerly Professor of Law, Head of the Department of Law, Dean Faculty of Law, and Pro-Vice Chancellor University of Gorakhpur, U.P. A Former Member of UGC Law Panel for two terms he was also on the governing council of the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi for two terms. He specializes in Public Law. He has taught at Allahabad University, Punjab University, Chandigarh and at Gorakhpur University. He retired in June 1997. He is currently V.R. Krishan Iyer Professor on Public Law and Policy Choice at the NLSIU. He has been the Principal Investigator of UGC funded Major Research Project (1997-2000) on Judicial Review Judicial Creativity and Individual Activism. He was the Commonwealth Scholar in London 1968 - 1970, he has published articles in Journal of the Indian Law Institute, Journal of Constitutional and Parliamentary studies, Journal of the Institute of Public Administration, Journal of the Bar Council of India. He has conducted UGC sponsored seminars and workshops and delivered the 1st Delhi University Campus Law Centre Endowment Lectures in 1982.

Prof. Vijayakumar graduated from Presidency College University of Madras in Political Science (1972). M.A. (1975) and M.Phil (1984), B.L. (1978), M.L. in International and Constitutional Law (1986) and Ph.D. in International and Constitutional Law (1996). He was the Assistant Professor of Political Science, in Presidency College from September 1978 and was promoted as Assistant Professor (Senior) in Jan 1986. He joined as Assistant Professor of Law (Senior) NLSIU in May 1988. He became Associate Professor (April, 1992) and is now Professor of Law. He held the UNHCR Chair on Refugee Law since April 1997. His areas of specialization include Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Public & Policy Choice, Human Rights, Law of Elections and Refugee and Humanitarian Law. He was Awarded Ryoichi Sasakawa young Leaders fellowship at the Salzburg Seminar, 1993. He is the Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Refugee studies, York University, Toronto, Canada, from Jan. 2000 onwards.

Prof. Ramesh Murthy did his B.A. (Hons.) in Statistics from the Benaras Hindu University in 1975. He acquired a diploma in journalism from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1977. He did his LL.B. from Bangalore University in 1978 and his LL.M. from Nagur University in International Law. He is with NLSIU from 6th Feb 1998, as Assistant Professor.

Prof. B.N. Sampath, an authority in Family Law, served in the Banaras Law School for over 33 years. He did his LLM from Osmania University, he was the winner of several medals in Muslim Law. He has several papers and articles to his credit. He is presently the UGC Visiting Professor at NLSIU. He is also the Director of Indian Institute of Legal Literacy, a trust that he founded with the avowed objective of making law understandable to the layman.

Mr. Ashutosh Mishra is a Visiting lecturer. He completed his LLB (Hons.) from Bangalore University and LLM (Criminal Law) from National Law School of India University, Bangalore. Presently he is persuing his JSD programme at the NLSIU. His areas of interest include Substantive Criminal Law, Procedural Criminal Law, Law of Evidence and Alternative dispute Resolution.

Dr. S.V. Pulla Reddy is appointed as Associate Professor. He completed his BL degree from SK University in 1984 and LLM from Cochin University in 1987. He obtained his Ph. D from Cochin University in 2000 on "Legal protection for the consumers of Pharmaceutical products". Previously he was teaching at the Department of Law, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh. He has more than 11 years of experience in teaching Post Graduate students and Undergraduate students. The publications he has authored include, "Preventive Detention and National Security: the Scope for Judicial review" (1985). He has also presented papers on various topics. Prominent among them is "The Patents (Amendment) Bill 1995 and New Drug policy: Will they promote the interests of the drug industry and its consumer?" presented at an International Conference organized by World Health Organisation and Indian Law Institute. His areas of specialization include General Principles of Law of Contract, Company Law, General Principles of Criminal Law and Criminology.